The 29-year-old man who was the driver of the car that crashed into a minibus at Ruimveldt on January 8th fatally injuring a couple, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.
Pream Seecharan was the driver of the speeding car which slammed into the minibus close to the Ruimveldt Police Station. While 54-year-old Rawle Mc Kenzie, who was the driver of the minibus, and his wife 51-year-old Sarah Wilson succumbed, Seecharan remained in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital until his death early Sunday morning.
Rita Mangra, the mother of Seecharran, yesterday told Stabroek News that her son was being chased by the police when he got into the accident. This, she said, was relayed to her by a friend of the young man. According to what she was told the young man was stopped by the police and his car was being inspected when he drove off, leaving the friend who at the time had stepped out of the vehicle.
Recalling how she learnt of the accident, the mother said it was another son who showed her the vehicle that was posted in a WhatsApp message along with his name.
Seecharran was the eldest of the woman’s three sons and she said that she did her best to give them a good life.
The grieving mother said while she knew her son had serious head injuries every visit to the hospital was with the hope that he would have recovered. His death on Sunday was still a shock to the family.
Marshelle McKenzie, the daughter of the couple, had told this newspaper that her mother and father were going to buy vegetables to sell at Grove, East Bank Demerara. McKenzie was a farmer while Wilson was a vendor. Their daughter explained that her father would usually leave home at approximately 5am to go to the market for fresh vegetables for her mother to sell.
According to the woman, at approximately 6 am she woke up to several missed calls. Upon returning a call she was informed that her mother had died and her father was hospitalised in a critical condition. They rushed to the hospital and found their father’s condition had worsened; his leg was amputated and he was unable to breathe independently. He later died.
